I was hesitant to buy this pass for our trip to NYC only because if it rained we wouldn't have been able to do the things we wanted to do and then may have wasted money buying the pass. Also, I feared the Statue of Liberty line, not knowing what to expect and not being able to make some sort of advanced reservations. Luckily for us, it didn't rain and the lines at Lady Liberty were light. So our experience was close to perfect. I bought the Explorer 4 pass and used it on Top of the Rock, Statue of Liberty, Central Park bike tour and the American Museum of Natural History. I think I would have saved more money though if I had bought the Explorer 3 pass and just paid for the Statue of Liberty. Originally I was thinking of doing a guided tour but we went with just the self guided tour that was only 18.00 per adult and 9.00 per child. OOPS! Do your math and check it twice.
I will recommend everyone to purchase this NY Explorer Pass. The only thing that I will suggest is to include the Statue of Liberty Crown Tour. I have to purchase a separate ticket for the Crown Tour. Also, we are not able to use the pass when we were at the Memorial Bldg.
Great pass and saved roughly 50 if I had bought tickets at the gates. Note you can get discounts booking online but the pass gives you flexibility in case its raining etc.
We were in NYC for 5 days in Jun 17 and got the 10 attractions pass and we managed to use all 10averaged 2 attractions a day. We used it at the following:
-Harbor lights cruise 10 surcharge Great attraction but take a coat and get there early to get a good seat
-Intrepid sea, air and space museum
-Empire State building Go early or very late to beat the queue's
-Madison Square Garden tour
-The Ride Highly recommended if you want a fun tour
-Central park bike hire Highly recommend cycling around Central park
-Big bus tour
-The Met Museum
-Top of the Rock Better view than Empire state
-Ripley's believe it or not Avoid - rubbish attraction
Please note 9/11 Museum and Memorial is not included in this pass
Very easy to use and accepted at all of the above. We only used fast track on Top of the Rock which saved us 5-10 queuing which was handy. Pick up at explorer guide at your first attraction, its very useful with attraction operating times, addresses etc.
We downloaded the passes and used them off our smart phone which was accepted everywhere, but we had paper copies as backup.
Some attractions are a lot more expensive than others, so would recommend doing some homework beforehand and using your pass wisely.